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Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche, Postseason

Postseason

NHLMay 22, 2026Ball Arena

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Golden Knights 3, Avalanche 1

Final
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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:10Gabriel Landeskog hit Rasmus Andersson
  4. 0:27Sam Malinski shot blocked by Pavel Dorofeyev
  5. 0:32Ivan Barbashev Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  6. 0:35Goalie Stopped
  7. 0:35William Karlsson faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  8. 0:38Shea Theodore shot blocked by Artturi Lehkonen
  9. 0:45William Karlsson shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  10. 0:48Brett Howden shot blocked by Brent Burns
  11. 1:27Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Brett Kulak
  12. 1:29Brandon Saad Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  13. 1:39Puck in Netting
  14. 1:39Jack Drury faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  15. 1:49Nick Blankenburg hit Kaedan Korczak
  16. 1:52Giveaway by Cole Smith
  17. 1:56Josh Manson hit Keegan Kolesar
  18. 2:09Keegan Kolesar hit Nick Blankenburg
  19. 2:43Gabriel Landeskog shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
  20. 2:57Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  21. 3:05High Stick
  22. 3:05Brock Nelson faceoff won against William Karlsson
  23. 3:12Nicolas Roy hit Brayden McNabb
  24. 3:26Brayden McNabb hit Brock Nelson
  25. 3:31Brent Burns Slap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  26. 3:45Mitch Marner Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  27. 4:01Takeaway by Nazem Kadri
  28. 4:13Giveaway by Devon Toews
  29. 4:19Dylan Coghlan Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  30. 4:26Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak
  31. 4:28Giveaway by Devon Toews
  32. 4:31Brandon Saad Wrap-around saved by Scott Wedgewood
  33. 4:32Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  34. 4:36Goalie Stopped
  35. 4:36Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  36. 4:43Gabriel Landeskog Slap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  37. 4:44Goalie Stopped
  38. 4:44Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  39. 4:53Keegan Kolesar hit Brett Kulak
  40. 4:56Martin Necas hit Brayden McNabb
  41. 5:04Cole Smith shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  42. 5:08Nic Dowd Deflected Wide Left
  43. 5:18Cole Smith hit Sam Malinski
  44. 5:22Nic Dowd hit Nathan MacKinnon
  45. 5:55Ivan Barbashev hit Logan O'Connor
  46. 6:01Rasmus Andersson shot blocked by Devon Toews
  47. 6:03Puck in Netting
  48. 6:03Brock Nelson faceoff won against William Karlsson
  49. 6:29Brock Nelson shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
  50. 6:40Artturi Lehkonen hit Mitch Marner
  51. 7:03Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot Wide Left
  52. 7:22Giveaway by Ross Colton
  53. 7:25Off-side
  54. 7:25Ross Colton faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  55. 7:42Valeri Nichushkin hit Noah Hanifin
  56. 8:03Sam Malinski shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
  57. 8:19Gabriel Landeskog hit Shea Theodore
  58. 8:29Ivan Barbashev hit Nathan MacKinnon
  59. 8:38Martin Necas Tip-In saved by Carter Hart
  60. 8:51Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Devon Toews
  61. 9:16Logan O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  62. 9:19Goalie Stopped
  63. 9:19Ice Problem
  64. 9:19William Karlsson faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  65. 9:45Off-side
  66. 9:45Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Gabriel Landeskog
  67. 9:59Martin Necas shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
  68. 10:06Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  69. 10:28Takeaway by Brent Burns
  70. 10:43Nazem Kadri shot blocked by Jack Eichel
  71. 10:58Nazem Kadri hit Dylan Coghlan
  72. 11:06Icing
  73. 11:06Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  74. 11:09Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  75. 11:15Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  76. 11:18Goalie Stopped
  77. 11:18William Karlsson faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  78. 11:31Icing
  79. 11:31William Karlsson faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  80. 11:34Mitch Marner shot blocked by Josh Manson
  81. 11:57Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  82. 12:04Artturi Lehkonen hit Mitch Marner
  83. 12:16Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  84. 12:19Goalie Stopped
  85. 12:19Jack Drury faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  86. 12:33Keegan Kolesar hit Nick Blankenburg
  87. 12:49Nic Dowd Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  88. 12:57Devon Toews Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  89. 13:04Ivan Barbashev hit Sam Malinski
  90. 13:07Takeaway by Martin Necas
  91. 13:31Brayden McNabb hit Sam Malinski
  92. 13:38Gabriel Landeskog Deflected saved by Carter Hart
  93. 13:40Goalie Stopped
  94. 13:40William Karlsson faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  95. 13:46Mitch Marner Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  96. 13:47Mitch Marner Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  97. 14:06Brett Howden hit Nazem Kadri
  98. 14:25Tomas Hertl hit Artturi Lehkonen
  99. 14:31Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  100. 14:40Nicolas Roy hit Kaedan Korczak
  101. 14:47Colton Sissons hit Nick Blankenburg
  102. 14:48Giveaway by Nick Blankenburg
  103. 15:14Nicolas Roy hit Cole Smith
  104. 15:41Cole Smith hit Sam Malinski
  105. 15:45Devon Toews shot blocked by Dylan Coghlan
  106. 16:03Giveaway by Devon Toews
  107. 16:31Kaedan Korczak hit Parker Kelly
  108. 16:47Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  109. 16:47Nazem Kadri hit Shea Theodore
  110. 16:57Brent Burns shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
  111. 16:59Ross Colton Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Brent Burns (4), Nazem Kadri (5)
  112. 16:59Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  113. 17:08Icing
  114. 17:08Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  115. 17:29Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  116. 17:53Jack Eichel hit Brett Kulak
  117. 17:54Dylan Coghlan shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  118. 18:01Puck in Crowd
  119. 18:01Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  120. 18:08Icing
  121. 18:08Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  122. 18:22Jack Eichel Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  123. 18:32Giveaway by Nazem Kadri
  124. 18:33Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  125. 18:42Shea Theodore hit Brock Nelson
  126. 18:51Nazem Kadri hit Pavel Dorofeyev
  127. 19:19Mitch Marner shot blocked by Brett Kulak
  128. 19:26Off-side
  129. 19:26Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against William Karlsson
  130. 19:31Takeaway by Devon Toews
  131. 19:34Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Mitch Marner
  132. 19:48Brent Burns Slap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  133. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  3. 0:25Icing
  4. 0:25William Karlsson faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  5. 0:28William Karlsson shot blocked by Nathan MacKinnon
  6. 0:36Gabriel Landeskog Tip-In saved by Carter Hart
  7. 1:20Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  8. 1:33Martin Necas Slashing against Jack Eichel
  9. 1:33Martin Necas Tripping against Ivan Barbashev
  10. 1:33Jack Drury faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  11. 2:19Jack Eichel Interference against Artturi Lehkonen
  12. 2:19Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against William Karlsson
  13. 2:43Nazem Kadri Wrist Shot Wide Left
  14. 2:54Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  15. 3:13Nathan MacKinnon Snap Shot Wide Left
  16. 3:23Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot Wide Right
  17. 3:46Devon Toews Wrist Shot Wide Right
  18. 3:53Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  19. 3:59Giveaway by Devon Toews
  20. 4:12Mitch Marner shot blocked by Artturi Lehkonen
  21. 4:15Josh Manson hit Brett Howden
  22. 4:23Takeaway by Shea Theodore
  23. 4:42Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  24. 6:03Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  25. 6:06Martin Necas hit Ivan Barbashev
  26. 6:09Martin Necas Wrist Shot Wide Right
  27. 6:20Nick Blankenburg Wrist Shot Wide Right
  28. 6:21Ivan Barbashev hit Nick Blankenburg
  29. 6:33Icing
  30. 6:33Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  31. 6:39Noah Hanifin Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
  32. 6:48Nathan MacKinnon hit Keegan Kolesar
  33. 6:56Icing
  34. 6:56Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  35. 6:58Rasmus Andersson Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  36. 7:24Ivan Barbashev hit Sam Malinski
  37. 7:33Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  38. 7:58Logan O'Connor Tip-In Above Crossbar
  39. 8:15Logan O'Connor hit Jack Eichel
  40. 9:45Gabriel Landeskog hit Keegan Kolesar
  41. 9:49Keegan Kolesar hit Nick Blankenburg
  42. 9:57Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Cole Smith
  43. 9:59Puck in Netting
  44. 9:59Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  45. 10:04Brent Burns Snap Shot Wide Right
  46. 10:07Sam Malinski Wrist Shot Wide Left
  47. 10:19Giveaway by Nicolas Roy
  48. 10:20Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Brent Burns
  49. 10:41Nicolas Roy hit Shea Theodore
  50. 10:55Tomas Hertl hit Nick Blankenburg
  51. 11:07Nick Blankenburg shot blocked by Dylan Coghlan
  52. 11:17Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  53. 11:19Goalie Stopped
  54. 11:19Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against William Karlsson
  55. 11:52Devon Toews Slap Shot Wide Right
  56. 11:54Sam Malinski Slap Shot Wide Left
  57. 11:56Goalie Stopped
  58. 11:56Jack Eichel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  59. 12:02Puck in Benches
  60. 12:02Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  61. 12:12Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  62. 12:25Josh Manson hit Cole Smith
  63. 12:38Keegan Kolesar hit Valeri Nichushkin
  64. 12:45Cole Smith Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  65. 12:49Nazem Kadri hit Kaedan Korczak
  66. 12:54Brent Burns hit Nic Dowd
  67. 13:02Giveaway by Keegan Kolesar
  68. 13:02Nazem Kadri Snap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  69. 13:04Goalie Stopped
  70. 13:04Nazem Kadri faceoff won against William Karlsson
  71. 13:06Nicolas Roy Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  72. 13:08Goalie Stopped
  73. 13:08Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  74. 13:10Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  75. 13:31Nicolas Roy Hooking against Nic Dowd
  76. 13:31Brock Nelson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  77. 13:42Takeaway by Pavel Dorofeyev
  78. 14:18Shea Theodore shot blocked by Jack Drury
  79. 14:30Shea Theodore shot blocked by Jack Drury
  80. 14:45Artturi Lehkonen Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  81. 14:47Goalie Stopped
  82. 14:47William Karlsson faceoff won against Artturi Lehkonen
  83. 16:35Takeaway by Noah Hanifin
  84. 16:42Giveaway by Rasmus Andersson
  85. 16:46Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  86. 17:11Sam Malinski shot blocked by Jack Eichel
  87. 17:24Ivan Barbashev hit Sam Malinski
  88. 18:16Mitch Marner shot blocked by Devon Toews
  89. 18:42Shea Theodore Slashing against Martin Necas
  90. 18:42TV Timeout
  91. 18:42Nic Dowd faceoff won against Gabriel Landeskog
  92. 19:23Brett Howden shot blocked by Nathan MacKinnon
  93. 19:33Gabriel Landeskog Snap Shot Wide Left
  94. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  3. 0:51Brett Kulak Slap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  4. 0:53Goalie Stopped
  5. 0:53William Karlsson faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  6. 1:02Mitch Marner shot blocked by Brett Kulak
  7. 1:19Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  8. 1:23Puck Frozen - Goalie
  9. 1:23Jack Eichel faceoff won against Gabriel Landeskog
  10. 1:51Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  11. 1:56Martin Necas Slap Shot Wide Right
  12. 1:58Shea Theodore Hooking against Nathan MacKinnon
  13. 1:58Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  14. 2:35Giveaway by Nazem Kadri
  15. 2:59Takeaway by Gabriel Landeskog
  16. 3:20Mitch Marner Wrist Shot Wide Right
  17. 3:31Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  18. 3:55Sam Malinski shot blocked by Valeri Nichushkin
  19. 4:04William Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  20. 4:06Puck in Netting
  21. 4:06Jack Drury faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  22. 4:13Off-side
  23. 4:13Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  24. 4:22Icing
  25. 4:22Jack Drury faceoff won against Colton Sissons
  26. 4:37Tomas Hertl hit Jack Drury
  27. 4:48Brent Burns High-sticking against Tomas Hertl
  28. 4:48Brock Nelson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  29. 4:53Devon Toews Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  30. 5:27Jack Eichel Wrist Shot Wide Right
  31. 5:33Giveaway by Tomas Hertl
  32. 6:03Mitch Marner Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  33. 7:00Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot Wide Right
  34. 7:13William Karlsson hit Martin Necas
  35. 7:37Ross Colton hit Keegan Kolesar
  36. 7:41Puck Frozen - Goalie
  37. 7:41Nicolas Roy faceoff won against William Karlsson
  38. 7:47Icing
  39. 7:47Nicolas Roy faceoff won against William Karlsson
  40. 7:58Puck Frozen - Goalie
  41. 7:58Brock Nelson faceoff won against William Karlsson
  42. 8:16Devon Toews Backhand saved by Carter Hart
  43. 8:34Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  44. 8:36Puck in Netting
  45. 8:36Parker Kelly faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  46. 8:38Jack Drury shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
  47. 8:46Off-side
  48. 8:46Jack Eichel faceoff won against Jack Drury
  49. 9:08Giveaway by Jack Drury
  50. 9:15Jack Eichel Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (3), Ivan Barbashev (7)
  51. 9:15Nic Dowd faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  52. 9:28Brock Nelson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  53. 9:36Takeaway by Noah Hanifin
  54. 9:49Brock Nelson hit Nic Dowd
  55. 9:58Brandon Saad hit Nick Blankenburg
  56. 10:12Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  57. 10:21Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot Wide Left
  58. 10:27Brett Kulak shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
  59. 10:47Nazem Kadri shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
  60. 10:48Puck in Netting
  61. 10:48Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  62. 10:56Giveaway by Martin Necas
  63. 11:13Martin Necas hit Pavel Dorofeyev
  64. 11:22Ivan Barbashev Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (16), Pavel Dorofeyev (4)
  65. 11:22William Karlsson faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  66. 11:29William Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  67. 11:54Giveaway by Brett Howden
  68. 11:56Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  69. 12:43Nic Dowd hit Nazem Kadri
  70. 12:48Colton Sissons Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  71. 13:04Off-side
  72. 13:04Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  73. 13:08Ivan Barbashev hit Sam Malinski
  74. 13:26On-Ice Official
  75. 13:26Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against William Karlsson
  76. 13:48Takeaway by Mitch Marner
  77. 14:00Cole Smith hit Artturi Lehkonen
  78. 14:13Nic Dowd shot blocked by Brett Kulak
  79. 14:21Keegan Kolesar hit Brett Kulak
  80. 14:50Colton Sissons hit Jack Drury
  81. 15:21Nazem Kadri Snap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  82. 16:05Brent Burns shot blocked by Brett Howden
  83. 16:12Brock Nelson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  84. 16:20Brent Burns Slap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  85. 16:29Brett Howden Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  86. 16:44On-Ice Official
  87. 16:44Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  88. 16:54Puck in Netting
  89. 16:54Jack Drury faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  90. 17:02Icing
  91. 17:02Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  92. 18:03Icing
  93. 18:03William Karlsson faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  94. 18:35Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Devon Toews
  95. 18:50Brock Nelson Snap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  96. 18:57Ivan Barbashev Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Rasmus Andersson (5)
  97. 18:57Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  98. 19:16Keegan Kolesar hit Valeri Nichushkin
  99. 19:20Artturi Lehkonen hit Rasmus Andersson
  100. 19:34Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot saved by Carter Hart
  101. 19:40Keegan Kolesar hit Ross Colton
  102. 19:44Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot saved by Carter Hart
  103. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  104. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 16:59VGK 0, COL 1Ross Colton Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Brent Burns (4), Nazem Kadri (5)

3rd

  1. 9:15VGK 1, COL 1Jack Eichel Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (3), Ivan Barbashev (7)
  2. 11:22VGK 2, COL 1Ivan Barbashev Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Eichel (16), Pavel Dorofeyev (4)
  3. 18:57VGK 3, COL 1Ivan Barbashev Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Rasmus Andersson (5)

Game leaders

Golden KnightsVegas

AvalancheColorado

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Ivan Barbashev LW213070016:150.0300000024514:561:190:00
Jack Eichel C113012219:0635.32116012026213:594:240:43
Brandon Saad LW00001009:180.020000001309:180:000:00
Brett Howden C00-1011017:090.01001000251014:271:231:19
Cole Smith RW00003109:480.010010001729:480:000:00
Colton Sissons C001020013:430.0120000020211:480:021:53
Keegan Kolesar RW00008009:130.000010001719:130:000:00
Mitch Marner RW000001021:020.0400001125714:553:582:09
Nic Dowd C000020013:0322.2172001021311:220:031:38
Pavel Dorofeyev RW021001017:560.02000001231013:274:290:00
Tomas Hertl C000031013:2360.014610201538:534:300:00
William Karlsson C00-1010017:4250.021010000025115:271:570:18
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brayden McNabb D000022012:1310000100.020110:240:031:46
Dylan Coghlan D001002016:4210000000.026115:320:120:58
Kaedan Korczak D000012011:1300010000.019011:130:000:00
Noah Hanifin D002003024:0110000020.034019:152:342:12
Rasmus Andersson D012000026:4110010000.036022:001:373:04
Shea Theodore D00-1010425:3210042010.034422:033:290:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Carter Hart G31130.96860:0000280200

Video

0:46Jack Eichel ties it for Vegas in the 3rd period 0:42Ross Colton goes top shelf to open scoring for Avs0:39Ivan Barbashev gives Golden Knights a 2-1 lead in 3rd period0:35Ivan Barbashev's empty-netter seals Game 2 for Golden Knights
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